Sheet-metal can



(No Model.)

H. A. LEE.

SHEET METAL GAN.

No. 893,566. Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

N. PETERS. Phammhagmpher, washington. 0.6.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE@ HENRY A. LEE, OF GLEN RIDGE, ASSIGNOR TO IIIMSELR. AND THEODORE XV. BURGER, OE DUNELTJEN, NEV JERSEY.

SHEET-METAL CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No- 393,566, dated November 27, 1888.

Application filed July Q3, ISESA Serial No. 230.738. (No model) To aZZ whom it may concern.'

e it known that I, HENRY A. LEE, of Glen Ridge, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans, and the following is declared to be a description of the same.

My invention relates` to what is known in thetradc as glass-front cracker-cans or exhibition-cans, in which cans there is a glass lo front and an intermediate sliding partition, which partition separates the can into two compartments, both of which compartments contain the crackers or other goods, the outer compartment showing through the glass its contents to the purchaser and the inner compartment containing the goods to be sold, and in said cans as heretofore made the partition was liable to become misplaced and lost, and such cans were not constructed in an advan` 2o tageous manner for taking to pieces and cleaning.

My invention consists in a can having a rcniovable partition, which partition is held in place by stops and a wire brace near the bottoni of the can and by engaging-catches at the top, and in my can the glass front is removable, and there is a frame having a gilded or colored su rface, which forms a backing to the glass, and the glass is held in place by stops 3o near the bottom of the can and by strips u'pon the sides that are adapted to be bent over to hold the parts in place.

Vln the drawings, Figure ilv is a vertical scction of my improved can, and Fig. 2 is a scctional plan of the same at the line .fr .fr of Fig. 1. Fig. is a cross-section'at the line y 1/ in larger size, and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan at the line The can proper is composed of the bottom a, sides I), end c, all ol sheet metal, and there 4o is a hinged lid at d and a top portion or strip, alf, to which the lid d is hinged, and c reprev sents the glass front.

j" represents the partition, ofshcct metal, the edges of which are bent over, and said partition separates the can into two compartbrace or frame, f', iliade of wire, sheet metal, or other material, and hinged to the lower edge of the partition f, and this brace or frame f is preferably of the size of the inner surface of the compartment Y, and there are stops g, of tin, soldered to the bottom and sides of the can in the outer compartment, and the lower edge of the partition j" bears against one end of the stops g, and is held in place on one side by said stops and on the other side by the wire 6o brace or frame f. rPhe top of the partition f rests against and is secured by the hinged catch 7i, said catch being pivoted or secured to the top d2 i represents the metal frame which acts as a backing around the glass front c, and said frame and the glass c are held in place at their lower corners by the stops g, between which and the corners of the can said glass and frame are received, and they are held in place 7o near their upper ends by the strips of metal a, that are soldered to the sides of the can, and are adapted to be bent over to hold the glass and frame in place. Said niet-al frame i may have an ornamental surface next the glass, 7 5 which surface may be gilded or colored in any desired manner, the same showing throuO-h the glass, and said frames are interchangeable, so that a frame having any desired surface can be employed in the can. 8o

The hinged lid d gives access tothe canpartition Y, and when the same is emptied of its contents the wire brace or frame j" can be raised and closed up against the partition f, the movement being represented by the dot- S5 ted lines, Fig. l, and the hinged catches 7i. raised to release the partition f, so that the same can be removed from the can to give access to the contents ofthe front compartment,

The glass c and frame ii can be readilyre 9o moved by bending back the strips n, and with the glass and frame and partition removed from the can the same can be readily cleansed after its contents are removed.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a can, with the removable partition, ot a glass, e, a metal frame or backing, t', for the same, stops g, for holding said glass and frame at the lower corners, and

metal strips a, to secure said glass and frame roo near the upper corners, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a can, with the glass front and frame, of the partition f, the brace or frame f, hinged to the lower edge of the partition, the stops g, Secured to the can, and the hinged catches h, adapted to engage and secure the top of the partition, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a can, of the glass e, the frame f, theprenlovable partition f, and brace or frame f, hinged to said partition, stops g, secured to the lower portion of the can and acting` to conne the lower ends of the glass and frame and partition, strips n, confining the upper portion of the glass and 

